NINE LIVES LOST
AIR CRASH NEAR BRISBANE. QANTAS LINER MEETS DISASTER. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) BRISBANE, February 22. Nine people, including the pilot and co-pilot, were killed when a Qantas air liner crashed at Belmont, near Brisbane, yesterday. The plane, which was engaged in the regular air service between Brisbane and Longreach, via Roma, crashed shortly after taking off for the outward journey. All were apparently killed outright. Most of the passengers were Queensland graziers and managers of large cattle ranches.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1942, Page 3
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81NINE LIVES LOST Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1942, Page 3
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